Terapia familiar en los trastornos de personalidad

Mental illness affects not only the patient but also their families, it can difficult interpersonal communication, can cause additional pathologies inside the family and all this can worsen the evolution of the disorder. Psychoeducational therapies with families improve the prognosis of the disease and furthermore prevent the occurrence of other disorders in relatives. The most important elements of these therapies are: psychoeducation of the disorder, re establishment of a healthy relationship between patient and family, establishment of limits, improvement of family communication, and the establishment of relations with extensive social network to avoid the isolation both family and patient. Mixed therapeutic interventions, individual and family, have shown to be very useful in personality disorders, especially in borderline personality disorder.ResumenLa enfermedad mental afecta no solo al paciente sino también a su familia, dificulta la comunicación intrafamiliar, puede generar patologías adicionales en los familiares y todo ello empeorar la evolución del trastorno. Las terapias familiares de tipo psicoeducativo mejoran el pronóstico de la enfermedad y además previenen la aparición de otros trastornos en los familiares. Los elementos más importantes de estas intervenciones son la psicoeducación sobre el trastorno, el re-establecimiento de una relación “sana” entre paciente-familia, el establecimiento de límites, la mejora de la comunicación familiar y el establecimiento de relaciones con la red social extensa, para evitar el aislamiento tanto de la familia como del paciente. Las intervenciones mixtas, individuales y familiares, han demostrado ser muy útiles en el caso de los trastornos de personalidad, en concreto en el Trastorno Límite de Personalidad (TLP).AbstractMental illness affects not only the patient but also their families, it can difficult interpersonal communication, can cause additional pathologies inside the family and all this can worsen the evolution of the disorder. Psychoeducational therapies with families improve the prognosis of the disease and furthermore prevent the occurrence of other disorders in relatives. The most important elements of these therapies are: psychoeducation of the disorder, re establishment of a healthy relationship between patient and family, establishment of limits, improvement of family communication, and the establishment of relations with extensive social network to avoid the isolation both family and patient. Mixed therapeutic interventions, individual and family, have shown to be very useful in personality disorders, especially in borderline personality disorder